Increasing the number of high value inventions, better quality and complete invention disclosures, improving or maintaining inventor interest and support of the patent process are key challenges in today’s intellectual property driven companies.

We learned in this study most companies’ use multiple methods to identify and capture inventions, yet only a few are considered effective. This is and many facts are reported in our new report on Invention Harvesting, Selection, and IP Protection Decisions Best Practices.

This comprehensive report enables you to evaluate:

Primary and most effective invention harvesting methods for capturing high value inventions

Best practices lead to superior performance. The purpose of the Best Practices Analysis is to illuminate the best practices associated with invention harvesting. We analyzed a number of key practices
and IP program performance metrics to provide best practices guidance.

Companies that have clear guidelines (documented) for selecting what should be patented.

Companies that stated an online ID system, or a paper invention disclosure form, or an email with an invention idea is their dominant method of harvesting new inventions.

Companies that stated IP reviews at stage-gate exits, or in-house attorney/agent meetings with engineers/scientists, patent liaison meetings with engineers/scientist, or invention harvesting group meetings are method used to harvest inventions.